This is the last in a Series on how American Politics always
involves vertical interactions between several “levels” of
governance – supranational, national, and subnational. Modern life
revolves around cities, but American cities have only limited legal
authority to govern themselves. This has long been a problem and
will become more so as localities must build the capacity to cope
on their own with new challenges such as disaster impacts from
climate change.<......

This is the third in a Series on how American
Politics always involves vertical interactions between several
“levels”: national, supranational, and subnational. This time we
report an important recent critique of American federalism: it may
work OK for the USA, but it is NOT a good model for other
countries, particularly for accommodating demands of nationalities
for greater au......

This is the second in a Series on how American Politics always
involves interactions between several “levels”: national,
supranational, and subnational. This time the interaction is
between national parties and subnational publics, concerning which
parties stand for what policies. This is important because, as it
turns out, voting for parties on the basis of their “ownership” of
particular policy domains is the main way American citizens
influence national public policy.&n......

This is the first in a SERIES on how American Politics always
involves interactions between several “levels”: national,
supranational, and subnational. Here the topic is how the
executive branch reconciles external and internal demands when
choosing a type of Grand Strategy.

The question: What could be the use of taking
seriously a scenario of the collapse of global climate and
civilization, even near term extinction? Especially the views that
argue that it's already too late or that changes could help, but
probably won't be made. The answer: By responding fully to the
scenario, we can meanwhile live more intensely and organize the
elemen......

SERIES: This is the last in a Series about
recent reinterpretations of major episodes in American Political
Development. This Post notes continuities before and after the
Civil War and looks forward to the whole 1877-1962 period. A later
Series will treat episodes after 1877 individually.

SERIES: This is the third in a Series about
recent reinterpretations of important episodes in American
Political Development. This Post treats 1848-1861, when North-South
compromise over slavery broke down, and the American polity along
with it. Later Posts will treat late episodes.

SERIES: This is the second in a Series about
recent reinterpretations of important episodes in American
Political Development. This Post concerns 1836-1848, a period of
economic depression and political crisis that reshaped American
political economy. Later posts will treat later episodes.

SERIES: This is the first in a Series about
important episodes in American Political Development that scholars
are currently reinterpreting. This Post concerns the American
Revolution: interpretations that expand conventional understandings
of its “when, where, and what.” Subsequent posts will treat other
episodes from about 1830 to 1930.

Ending a Series, this last Post on Political
Economy notes that it is the main general DIMENSION of issues in
American politics. The first Post (140201) outlined the
alternation, in the course of American political history, of
impulses toward more and less governance of the economy. The second
Post (140208) highlighted the political components of economic
cycles. The third Post (140215) focused on specifically Financial
institutions, the core of c......

In a series on American Political Economy,
this third Post focuses on Financial institutions. The first Post
(140201) outlined political Cycles between more and less national
governance of the economy. The second Post (140208) highlighted the
Political components of economic cycles. The final Post (140222)
will reprise this main issue Dimension in American
politics.

This Post is the second in a Series on
American Political Economy. The previous Post (140201) outlined
political Cycles between more and less central governance of the
economy. This Post highlights the Political components of economic
cycles. The next Post (140215) will focus on Financial
institutions. The final Post (140222) will reprise this main issue
DIMENSION in American politics.

In a Series on American Political Economy,
this first Post outlines political Cycles between more and less
central governance of the economy. The second Post (140208) will
highlight the Political components of economic cycles. The third
Post (140215) will focus on Financial institutions. The final Post
(140222) will reprise this main issue Dimension of American
politics.
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SERIES: This Post is the fourth in a January
series on American Concerns: About what problems are American
intellectuals and policymakers most worried? This Post treats
concerns about relations with China. Other Posts treated short run
politics (140104), mid run economy (140111), and long run ecology
(140118).

SERIES: AMERICAN CONCERNS This Post is the
third in a Series asking: About what problems are American
intellectuals and policymakers most worried? This Post treats
concerns about the long run, particularly scientific. Other Posts
treat concerns about short run politics (140104), middle run
economy (140111), and China (140125).

SERIES: AMERICAN CONCERNS This Post is the
second in a January Series asking: About what problems are American
intellectuals and policymakers most worried? This Post treats
concerns about the middle run, particularly economic. Other Posts
treat concerns about the short run (140104), long run (140119), and
China (140126).

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韦爱德Edwin A. Winckler (韦爱德) is an American political scientist (Harvard BA, MA, and PhD) who has taught mostly in the sociology departments at Columbia and Harvard. He has been researching China for a half century, publishing books about Taiwan’s political economy (Sharpe, 1988), China’s post-Mao reforms (Rienner, 1999), and China’s population policy (Stanford, 2005, with Susan Greenhalgh). Recently he has begun also explaining American politics to Chinese. So the purpose of this Blog is to call attention to the best American media commentary on current American politics and to relate that to the best recent American academic scholarship on American politics. Winckler’s long-term institutional base remains the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University in New York City. However he and his research have now retreated to picturesque rural Central New York.